Axed NPA boss Vusi Pikoli scored a significant victory on Tuesday when the North Gauteng High Court interdicted President Jacob Zuma from appointing a successor for Pikoli.
Pikoli, fired by Parliament earlier this year after then president Kgalema Motlanthe recommended his sacking, is fighting his removal from office which, according to him, was ultimately motivated by protecting former police national commissioner Jackie Selebi from prosecution. Judge Ben du Plessis on Tuesday prohibited Zuma from appointing a new National Director of Public Prosecutions, which means Zuma will now have to wait for the outcome of Pikoli’s attempts to be reinstated that will be heard by the same court in November. Advocate Mokotedi Mpshe, a deputy director of public prosecutions, has been acting as NDPP since Pikoli was originally suspended by former president Thabo Mbeki in September 2007.
Source: Mail & Guardian
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